First mental image reproduction attempt

[pwoo]

When I got my D300s, I had a mental image (self portrait) which I think would be fun to realize. I have 3 things in mind:

1. A silhouette of me taking the photo.
2. A spotlight on the "D300s" logo.
3. A dim outline of the camera without showing too much of myself.

I can only achieve the first two with the set up that I got. I don't want to (and don't have the time) to do extensive post processing, so I was trying to create the image using a SB-600 and a LED torch (+ a roll up paper). I tried various aperture and flash power, but found it hard to balance all 3 requirement. I used ViewNX to adjusted the contrast and exposure a bit, sharpen then convert to jpeg. Resize for web.

So here it is.



I did not plan to do B&W, but I played around with one file and I quite like it.



Regards,
Patrick.

[surenj]

Great concept to image!

While you could have done more to show the outline of the camera more, this would require more lights.

Great work!!

[pwoo]

Hi surenj,

Did you see the images on the post or did you click the picasaweb URL? I am having difficulty embedding the images directly, it did not show up in preview. So I changed the post to link to URL.

Regards,
Patrick.

EDIT: I later found out what I did wrong in dpreview, so I updated the original post to embed the images.